Why Liftoff exists
Most people who take the FAA drone test pass it. The question we kept reading afterwards was the same one, over and over, and the courses selling the test weren't the ones answering it.
Passed. Now what?
About 83% of people pass the Part 107 knowledge test, going by FAA figures reported by Drone Girl in April 2026. For most people the test isn't the wall. The wall shows up a week later, when the certificate is in your wallet and you still don't know what a listing agent pays for aerial photos, or how to ask one.
Posts like these come up again and again in pilot forums. Test courses tend to stop at the certificate, and the business side is sold separately, if it's sold at all. Liftoff puts both in one place: a trainer to get you through the test, then the First Paid Flight kit to pick your kind of work, shoot a small portfolio, price it and send your first client message.
Passed the test today, what now?
r/Part107Just got into real estate drone photography, where do you find the first clients?
r/RealEstatePhotographyPart 107 is a credential, not a business. The cert makes you legal. It doesn't give you customers.
r/Part107
What we'll tell you straight
- Pay is a range with a source
- Every pay figure we show is a typical range, with where it came from, when, and how much we trust it. Some of our sources are one working pilot's rate card, and we say so next to the number. When we can't find a source we trust for a kind of work, we don't show a number at all. None of it is a promise of what you'll make.
- Crowded is crowded
- Real estate photography is busy in most towns. We'd rather tell you that up front, and show you the other kinds of paid drone work worth a look, than have you find out after you've bought a new drone.
- No test-fee number
- PSI sets the test fee and shows it when you book. The figures we found disagreed with each other, so we don't print one.
- No made-up proof
- You won't find invented pass rates, student counts or testimonials here. When real students share results with permission, they'll show up. Until then, the free practice test is the proof: try it and judge for yourself.
How questions are checked
Every practice question is written against the FAA document or regulation it comes from: 14 CFR Part 107, the FAA's Airman Certification Standards for the test, the Remote Pilot Study Guide, Advisory Circular 107-2A, the Aeronautical Chart User's Guide, and the testing supplement you're handed at the test center. Where older FAA material disagrees with the current rules, the current rule wins and the explanation says so.
Each question maps to an element of the FAA test standards. Then it goes through an independent check that works the answer out again from that source alone. Chart questions are checked against the figure itself. Anything that fails gets rewritten or cut. The full list of documents is on the sources page.
Found something wrong?
Email hello@flyliftoff.com with the page and what looks off. We check it against the source and fix it.
Liftoff is an independent drone pilot school. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.